FOTD -- September 14, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to an unexpectedly busy though not too unpleasant day on Sunday, today's discussion will be brief, with no philosophical wisdom -- at least not until the next FOTD. The image lies in the parent fractal that is created when Z^4 is mixed with 0.8 part of Z^5 on each iteration before C is added. The parent fractal is a wide open rectangluar bay with a kind of East Valley on its west side. Today's image lies rather deep in this valley, on its southern side. I named the image "Goofy Pop-Eyes" when I saw the eight disconnected pairs of typical East-Valley goofy eyes surrounding the blazingly blue central minibrot. The rating of a 7 means I kind of like the scene. The image's calculation time of 1 minute is brief enough to make the task of actually calculating it almost enjoyable. For total enjoyment, visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the image there. Perfect weather on Sunday here in the Fractal Central area brought out the antiquing urge in FL. After a minute of mild resistance from me, we headed down to Harrisburg to look at the stuff someone else no longer wanted. Actually, I must be getting soft, since I rather enjoyed it. The fractal cats gave us a good scolding when we returned in the evening. Anyway, the next FOTD will be posted in around 10 hours. Until then, take care, and wait with bated but not abated breath. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Goofy_Pop-Eyes { ; time=0:01:01.11-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-1.292977015146073/-0.00017451099266728\ /1.986418e+012/1/113/0 params=1/4/0.8/5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1400 inside=255 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000RXPIUS9RV1PY5OX9OWCOVGNUJNTNNSRNRUMQYMPF\ 7mG7jH7gI7dJ7aK7ZK7WL8TM8QN8NO8KP8HQ8EQ8CO7BM6BL6A\ J5AH59G49E39C38B28927717617D46K66R95XB5cD4jG4qI3wK\ 3vI2vH2vF2uE2uC1uB1t91t81t60s50s30s20s10r24r28q2Bq\ 3Fq3Ip3Mp4Po4To4Wo5_n5bn5fn5il8jkBkjDliGlhImgLnfNn\ eQodTpcVpbYqa_r`br_dsZgtYitffhocYxaNsbNnbNibNdbN_b\ NVcNQcNLcNGcNBcN7cN8iI8oD8t9CsDGsGKrKOrNSqRWqU_qXc\ p`gpckogoojromsmksljtjhtigteduecudcvcavb`va_w_YwZX\ xXVxWUxVTrTQlSNfQK`PHVNEPMCNODMPDLQDKSDJTEIUEHWEGX\ EFYFE_FD`FCaFBYF9WE8UD6SC5QB3OA2N93PD9UHFZLKcPPhTU\ mWZrYcv_hz`mzbwzdAheBfgCciDajEZlEXm7Pq1Hu3Oi5VZ7`O\ 9gDAk29j58h87dB6aE5YH4VK3RN2PQ1MT1KVFPfTTqUVoUWnUX\ mUYkVZjV_iV`gVafWbeWccWdbWeaXf_XgZXhYXiX_jYajZdjZf\ j_ij`kj`njapjbsjbujcwjcrebmaahX`cT_ZPZUKYPGXKCXMBZ\ OB`QAaSAcUAdW9fX9gZ8i`8jb8ld7mf7og7pfAmeCkeEhdGfcJ\ ccLabNZbPXaSU`US`WP_YNczp } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================